Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Sep 2013: Sakurajima
Thu, 5 Sep 2013, 17:04 17:04 PM |
Vulcanian explosion from Sakurajima this morning (JMA)
The ash plume from the eruption rose to approx. 12,000 ft (3.6 km) elevation, i.e. about 2.5 km km height. In itself, today's explosion is not even among the largest that have occurred in the past months, but the volcano clearly continues to be in a state of elevated activity when seen on a long-term average. The following webcam time-lapse video shows frequent ash emission and explosions from the volcano today:
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